clipsome

adj

clipsome

adj

Etymology From clip (“to clasp, embrace”) + -some.

1

Archaic Fit to be clasped or embraced.

As for Cinderellas in general, and not to make any invidious exceptions, it may be said of them, "with their clipsome waists," that they belong to the Cockney school — […]1822, Blackwood's magazine:

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